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HOUSEWORK & HOUSEHOLD CHORES VOCABULARY 1 (ESL)

level: Beginner/Intermediate (A2/B1)
Housework vocabulary covers all the tasks involved in keeping a home clean, organised, and running smoothly. This exercise focuses on common household chores and the words used to describe them. This is exercise 1 of 1.


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Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences.
1. My mother asked me to do the (dishes/plates).

2. My father asked me to (make/do) my bed.

3. My brother asked me to (wet/water) the plants.

4. My grandmother asked me to (cleanse/clean) the litter box.

5. My roommate asked me to do the (clothes/laundry).

6. My wife asked me to (mow/cut) the lawn.

7. My boyfriend asked me to (vacuum/vacate) the living room.

8. My mother asked me to (scrub/scrape) the toilet.

9. My parents asked me to (tidy/tighten) up my room.

10. My grandfather asked me to (take/make) out the trash.




Housework Conversation Questions 1. What household chores do you do most regularly? Which do you dislike the most?
2. How was housework divided in your family when you were growing up?
3. Do you think housework is shared fairly between partners in most relationships?
4. Would you consider hiring someone to help with household tasks? Why or why not?
5. Do you have any strategies for making housework faster or more enjoyable?
6. How has technology (dishwashers, robot vacuums) changed housework in your lifetime?
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Around the bedroom 1
Around the bedroom 2
In the bathroom 1
Home improvement 1
Home improvement 2
Did you know? The word chore comes from Old English cerr, meaning "a turn of work" or "an odd job." The related word char — as in charwoman — shares the same root.

Studies show housework is still often distributed unequally along gender lines, though the gap has narrowed significantly. The term invisible labour is now commonly used to describe the mental and physical effort of managing a household — work that often goes unrecognised.
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